Thank heavens for wiki resources; I barely know a thing about mahjong otherwise.

Generally, a lot of the terms don't get translated, especially the calls. Hands depend on which rulebook you're using. (I've played a lot of mahjong.)

(Note that Nue and Mamizou both are going for hands that are luck-based)

That would be Nue's choice of limit hand.

Why's Mamizou going full tanuki at the end there?

Paracite said:

Generally, a lot of the terms don't get translated, especially the calls. Hands depend on which rulebook you're using. (I've played a lot of mahjong.)

(Note that Nue and Mamizou both are going for hands that are luck-based)

I was trying to be consistent; I figured if I translated the hand names but not the calls, it would look odd. (In my arguably misguided attempt to avoid extensive explanatory TNs, I attempted to integrate the meaning of the calls and hand names alike into the translations, but that was probably asking too much for something as involved and unfamiliar to many as mahjong.)

Having seen the structure of Nue's hand, I figured it would be heavily reliant on luck to form. I wasn't as aware of that factor in Mamizou's hand.

Edit: Got so wrapped up in explaining myself that I forgot to thank you for the help, so...thank you.

Moved the more extensive part of the explanation off the main bubbles to clean it up a bit.

Guys? That animal on the last panel isn't a raccoon. It's a Red Panda.

ah right, Heian Alien